Lebanese+Sports



= ** SOCCER - FOOTBALL ** =   In Lebanon, football (known as soccer in Canada) is the most popular sport. It is governed by the //Federation Libanaise de Football//. The country's most popular clubs are Nejmeh and Al-Ansar. The top l eague is the Lebanese Premier League, which is made up of 12 teams. The national team has never qualified for the World Cup, but star man Roda Antar says Lebanon's hopes are at a peak.

Current Lebanese Soccer Squad

 * ||~ No. ||~ Pos. ||~ Player ||~ DoB (Age) ||~ Caps ||~ Goals ||~ Club ||
 * ~ Coach ||
 * 0 ||  || [|Emile Rustom] ||   ||   ||   || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] **National Team** ||
 * ~ Goalkeepers ||
 * 22 || [|GK] || [|Hassan Bitar] || 24 May, 1985 (age 23) || ?? || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Mabarrah] ||
 * 1 || [|GK] || [|Larry Mehanna] || 28 October, 1982 (age 26) || ?? || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ansar] ||
 * 12 || [|GK] || [|Hassan Moghnieh] || 7 February, 1986 (age 22) || ?? || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ansar] ||
 * ~ Defense ||
 * 3 || [|DF] || [|Youssef Mohamad] || 1 July, 1980 (age 28) || 33 || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png width="22" height="13" caption="Flag of Germany" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany.svg"]] [|1. FC Köln] ||
 * 13 || [|DF] || [|Ali El Atat] || 9 October 1984 (age 24) || 3 || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Mabarrah] ||
 * 6 || [|DF] || [|Faisal Antar] || 20 December, 1978 (age 30) || 15 || 3 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Mabarrah] ||
 * 2 || [|DF] || [|Ali Al Saadi] || 20 April, 1986 (age 22) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Safa Beirut] ||
 * 3 || [|DF] || [|Ahmad El Choum] || 3 August, 1983 (age 25) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ansar] ||
 * 4 || [|DF] || [|Hussein Amine] || 15 March, 1985 (age 23) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ansar] ||
 * 5 || [|DF] || [|Bilal Najarin] || 8 February, 1981(age 27) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al Nejmeh] ||
 * 8 || [|DF] || [|Khaled Hamieh] || 7 June, 1981 (age 27) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al Nejmeh] ||
 * 15 || [|DF] || [|Ali Yaacoub] || 26 January, 1985 (age 23) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ahed] ||
 * 17 || [|DF] || [|Mootaz Jounaidi] || 20 January, 1986 (age 22) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ansar] ||
 * ~ Midfield ||
 * 8 || [|MF] || [|Roda Antar] || 12 September, 1980 (age 28) || 48 || 23 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png width="22" height="13" caption="Flag of Germany" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany.svg"]] [|1. FC Köln] ||
 * 7 || [|MF] || [|Hassan maatouk] || || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ahed] ||
 * 17 || [|MF] || [|Mohammed Halaweh] || 5 April, 1977 (age 31) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ahed] ||
 * 9 || [|MF] || [|Khodor Salame] || 1 January, 1984 (age 24) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Safa Beirut] ||
 * 3 || [|MF] || [|Ramez Dayoub] || 8 September, 1984 (age 24) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Safa Beirut] ||
 * 6 || [|MF] || [|Mohammed Baqir Younis] || 7 July, 1984 (age 24) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Racing Beirut] ||
 * 7 || [|MF] || [|Jihad Helwi] || 1 September, 1985 (age 23) || 1 || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al Nejmeh] ||
 * 9 || [|MF] || [|Nasrat Al Jamal] || 1 July, 1980 (age 28) || 8 || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ansar] ||
 * 10 || [|MF] || [|Abbas Ahmed Atwi] || 12 September, 1979 (age 29) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al Nejmeh] ||
 * 13 || [|MF] || [|Mahmoud El Ali] || 4 March, 1984 (age 24) || 8 || 5 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ahed] ||
 * 14 || [|MF] || [|Amer Khan] || 4 June, 1983 (age 25) || 6 || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Safa Beirut] ||
 * 16 || [|MF] || [|Mohamad Korhani] || 10 March, 1981 (age 27) || 4 || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Safa Beirut] ||
 * ~ Forward ||
 * 11 || [|FW] || [|Mohammed Ghaddar] || 1 January, 1984 (age 24) || ?? || 11 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al Nejmeh] ||
 * 18 || [|FW] || [|Paul Rustom] || 26 January, 1983 (age 25) || 8 || 0 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Ansar] ||
 * 6 || [|FW] || [|Tarek Al Ali] || 6 February, 1986 (age 22) || ?? || 2 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al-Mabarrah] ||
 * 7 || [|FW] || [|Abbas Ali Atwi] || 15 December, 1984 (age 24) || ?? || ?? || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Al Ahed] ||
 * 9 || [|FW] || [|Ali Nasseredine] || 24 January, 1984 (age 24) || 31 || 21 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" caption="Flag of Lebanon" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Nejmeh] ||  ||

=**BASKETBALL **= media type="youtube" key="gYivpvXgEog" height="344" width="425"**Ronald Fred Seikaly** (Arabic رونالد ﺼيقلي‎) born May 10th, 1965, in Beirut, Lebanon is a retired 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 230 lbs. Lebanese-American professional basketball player. At the age of 9 years old, Rony Seikaly moved from Beirut where he attended his elementary school at the Athenee de Beyrouth, Bechemoun, Lebanon to Greece, where he was raised. He attended an American high school in Athens, Greece.

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